The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10
Art IN THE HOME.

All IN ] ne TUNE
Why Noo- Hut Pictures OF Real Msrii
should go Given fiouze- Room.
Most rn-n gei th-ir chief education
m the school u lie aud not 10 academic
halls. and even th0se o. whom fortune
opsns the doors Of the university se.-
dom take hume with them the knowl-
edrs Of any other art than the art
poetic The arts Of drawing and
music. a. i true. have a last begun tr
receive =Ou attention in our public
schools. and this is we'll Instruction
"a tho art design is also easily obtain
aide in most 81 our large cities The
fact. nevertheless. remains essentially
as stated that what most people know
about ar thew have learned without
instruction. simply by using their own
ewes skill IN art they have none;
knowledge Of the principles Of art lit
ue or none; appreciation Of art, more
n less according 20 the degree in
Whlo, they have been favored b. cir
cumstances.
Il follows that the home must neCss-
narilF b. the chief nursery Of art for all
b. favored few BIT bow and %
w--.i rKtent IL home education 10 art
possible? Certainly very little can Be
d0ae in the way OF technical trainins
apart from competent instruction; buI
that which is Of much more importance
than any formal schooling osn be &C
qulred hy most namely. some Appre-
,iStion OF snd consequent delight In
whatever appeals to the cultivated
esthetic sense In point Of fact. even
now. in our own country. that home Is
the rare exception ia which no picture
hangs upon The walls. 20 bear witness
70 a. least the blind cropping after that
which shall satisfy nsture's longing to
see either her real or her ideal self
painted upon tie Melted curtain Of the
humsn eye.
The influence Of dwelling hRbltuslly
IN the presence of q striking work Of
art can hardly be Overestimsted,
whether the work be Of such q chsr-
acter IS to debase or 10 ennoble. The
pencil Of the artist Il bribed 10 make
tbs den Of vice doubly alluring % the
intoxicated senses Of the reveler. while
the glowing arior Of the religious de-
vOtee rises almost to ecstasy - he
EsEes long upon some vivid represents
uOn Of the tras edy Of Calvary. A are
the pictures upon the walls Of the home.
- are the pictures hung invisible 70 ala
but ourselves Ia the chambers Of the
Imagination. where. night Snd day.
they make much Of the real world In
which we live. Whether we dwell day
b day with 3 picture or with q humaL
being. the influence Of the companion
ship Is hsuily greater In the latter case
than in the former. WEo has not. 81
some time Ia his life. been forcibly i'm
pressed BY the circumstances, utterly
meaningless in itseiL Of his eyes SEEM
ing omeet the gsEe 81 q portrait hang.
ing upon the wall? Beneath the sub
lie influence thus streaming fr.m q
lifeless canvas. many = beholder. no
doubt. has been swsyed as by s suDer.
nal power. and felt himself ur-ei on
OF held back in some debated cot -.
q is not every work Of ait which has
an ethical value; but the picture or the
statue which simply charms the eye snd
goes 10 further may vet fulfill = wUT.h y
mission-for the simple enjoyment Of
beauty is - legitimate an affection Of
the mind a. any other. So that the son
timeatoi the work be pure. We need not
demand Of C q moral lesson.
One good work az art dOes more &c
hesutify the home than q crowd of IN
ferior productions. e Is better u saya
sur pennies for yearS. until with the So
stimulation sOinethiug really good van
" purchased. than 70 fritter away -.
sssouroes Tpon what viii give no last
Sng pleasure Let Us, Il possible, have
pictures which. from their excellence
thsrs b no chance Of our OutgrOWing.
This Is FAR from impossible. even 70
those whose circumstances necessitats
strict economy, nov that the sun has
taken b being sn artist and furnishes
% ell cOmsrs excellent fac-gtmiles q
he best that the skin Of man hAs eFsI
been able % produce TIE camera, The
ErsEer's tool and the printing press
have brought 10 every mans doOT ~
most every treasure Of at -CAastaa-